The handbook of cognitive neuropsychology : what deficits reveal about the human mind /
edited by Brenda Rapp
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Psychology Press, c2001
- xvi, 652 p. ; 26 cm.
About the editor. - Contributors. - Preface. - Pt. 1. Foundations. 1. Assumptions and Methods in Cognitive Neuropsychology. 2. A historical overview of contributions from the study of deficits. - Pt. 2. Objects and space. 3. Object recognitions. 4. Face perception and recognition. 5. Spatial representation in mind and brain. - Pt. 3. Attention and consciousness. 6. Mechanisms of attention. 7. Consciousness. - Pt. 4. Words. 8. The organization of the lexical system. 9. Morphology : the internal structure of words. 10. Word reading. 11. The spelling process. 12. Spoken word production. 13. Bilingual lexical access. - Pt. 5. Sentences. 14. Sentence comprehension. 15. Sentence production. - Pt. 6. Memory. The structure and mechanisms of memory. 17. The organization of semantic memory. 18. Memory distortion. - Pt. 7. Music, Numbers, and Times. 19. Time perception. 20. Numerical cognition. 21. Music perception and recognition. - Pt 8. Actions and Plans. 22. Spatiomotor aspects of action. 23. The planning and execution of everyday. - Pt. 9. Future directions. 24. The future of cognitive neuropsychology. - Glossary. - Basic neuroanatomy : brain structure diagrams. - Author index. - Subject index.
The abilities and disabilities if individuals who have suffered neurological damage have long provided a wealth of fascinating and useful insights into the nature and structure of human cognition and its neural bases. This volume reviews the full range of cognitive domains that have benefited from the study of deficits, covering not only the better-known domains such as language and memory, but also one such as attention and consciousness, as well as musical, numerical, spatial and temporal cognition. The authors consist of an international collection of researchers who in each chapter present the central issues of cognitive processing in their domain of expertise and highlight the contributions that studies of impaired performance have made to our understanding of these issues. The Handbook of Cognitive Neuropsychology will be an essential reference tools for scientists and students in the field, as well as valiable guide for professionals and clinicians. - Back cover.
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